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- Original Release Date: 12 Jun 2000
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| Play | 1. Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (Op.103) for piano duet - Allegro molto moderato - Largo - Allegro vivace - Tempo I | 4:22 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (Op.103) for piano duet - 2. Largo | 2:20 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (Op.103) for piano duet - 3. Allegro vivace | 5:50 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (Op.103) for piano duet - 4. Tempo I | 5:08 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Tema | 1:42 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 1 | 1:24 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 2 | 1:24 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 3 | 1:46 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 4 | 1:27 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 5 | 1:54 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 6 | 1:25 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 7 | 3:25 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 13. Variations on a original theme, in A flat, D.813 - Variation 8 | 3:39 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 14. Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D.812 (Op. posth.140) - 1. Allegro moderato | 13:13 | £1.89 | ||
| Play | 15. Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D.812 (Op. posth.140) - 2. Andante | 9:46 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 16. Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D.812 (Op. posth.140) - 3. Scherzo & Trio - Allegro vivace | 5:40 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 17. Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D.812 (Op. posth.140) - 4. Allegro vivace | 10:57 | £1.49 |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is a wonderful recording, with two maestros at their zenith. There is a real feeling for the music as well as a clear empathy between the performers. Not to be missed.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Having read negative reviews on Amazon.com, I'd been hesitant to add this CD to my Richter collection, but now I'm very glad that I bought it, encouraged by listening to the other Richter/Britten duo DECCA CD of Mozart and Debussy's piano music (sadly out of print).
The stereo sound quality is not as bad as I feared; Grand Duo in C suffers from muddy acoustics, especially the lower registers, but Fantasie and Variations benefit from relatively good recording quality. After repeated playbacks, my ears soon adjusted and it's never ceased to give me delight and new discoveries ever since. There are more technically polished, more faithful-to-score-markings, and certainly better recorded performances around. However, the sheer artistry of the two great musical minds and their infectious affection for Schubert's music make these performances something very special.
The stereo sound quality is not as bad as I feared; Grand Duo in C suffers from muddy acoustics, especially the lower registers, but Fantasie and Variations benefit from relatively good recording quality. After repeated playbacks, my ears soon adjusted and it's never ceased to give me delight and new discoveries ever since. There are more technically polished, more faithful-to-score-markings, and certainly better recorded performances around. However, the sheer artistry of the two great musical minds and their infectious affection for Schubert's music make these performances something very special.
7 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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From such a duo I suspect I was looking for great things on a mid-price label. What I have got is bargain-label-quality recorded sound and good rather than great things.
We are not told who is playing primo and who secondo in any of these 3 live performances. I thought I ought to have been able to recognise Richter, but in honesty I'm not sure, at least yet. The variations may be new to me, and I like the performance without having anything to compare it with. The other two works are among Schubert's greatest, and I have slightly mixed feelings. In the F minor fantasy their tempo for the main refrain is faster than I am used to but it didn't take me long to adapt -- it is after all an allegro albeit heavily qualified. In the scherzo of the Grand Duo I shall find adaptation harder. It is a bit deliberate for ears used to the superb schwung and impetus of Brendel and Evelyne Crochet. Their speed in the last movement I doubt I shall ever accept -- it's way too fast. This movement manifestly inspired the final allegro non troppo of Brahms's piano quintet, and any sense of rush in either if them sets my teeth on edge.
I'm years out of date with the arguments regarding the identification of the lost Gastein symphony. It was once, maybe still is, thought to have been in C major, and Tovey argued that the Grand Duo was it. Tovey's normally reliable judgment was affected by his loyalty to Joachim, who had dressed it up in an excruciatingly dull Schumannesque orchestration. Anyone looking for a perfectly obvious symphony in piano score can find one easily in the so-called Reliquie sonata, which is in C major too. I don't know what the arguments against this are, but if dates and other considerations fit, surely a few genuine scholars must have made the equation before now.
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